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2. To pass periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding; -- said of certain birds, fishes, and quadrupeds.
Migration <Xpage=923>
Mi*gra"tion (?) , n. [L. migratio : cf. F. migration .] The act of migrating.
Migratory <Xpage=923>
Mi"gra*to*ry (?) , a. [Cf. F. migratoire .]
1. Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another; as, migratory birds .
2. Hence, roving; wandering; nomad; as, migratory habits; a migratory life.
Migratory locust (Zo\'94l.) See Locust . -- Migratory thrush (Zo\'94l.) , the American robin. See Robin .
Mikado <Xpage=923>
Mi*ka"do (?) , n. [Jap.] The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan.
Mikmaks <Xpage=923>
Mik"maks (?) , n. Same as Micmacs .
Milage <Xpage=923>
Mil"age (?; 48) , n. Same as Mileage .
Milanese <Xpage=923>
Mil`an*ese" (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Milan; people of Milan.
Milch <Xpage=923>
Milch (?) , a. [OE. milche ; akin to G. melk , Icel. milkr , mj<?/lkr , and to E. milk . See Milk .]
1. Giving milk; -- now applied only to beasts. " Milch camels." Gen. xxxii . " Milch kine." Shak .
2. Tender; pitiful; weeping. [Obs.]
Shak.
Mild <Xpage=923>
Mild (?) , a. [ Compar. Milder (?) ; superl. Mildest .] [AS. milde ; akin to OS. mildi , D. & G. mild , OHG. milti , Icel. mildr , Sw. & Dan. mild , Goth. milds ; cf. Lith. melas dear, Gr. <?/ gladdening gifts.] Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh , severe , irritating , violent , disagreeable , etc.; -- applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity.
The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the noon. Waller.
Adore him as a mild and merciful Being. Rogers.
Mild , ∨ Low , steel , steel that has but little carbon in it and is not readily hardened.
Syn. -- Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant; placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement; mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See Gentle .
Milden <Xpage=923>
Mild"en (?) , v. t. To make mild, or milder.
Lowell.
Mildew <Xpage=923>
Mil"dew (?) , n. [AS. melede\'a0w ; akin to OHG. militou , G. mehlthau , mehltau ; prob. orig. meaning, honeydew; cf. Goth. milip honey. See Mellifluous , and Dew .] (Bot.) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
Mildew <Xpage=923>
Mil"dew , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mildewed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mildewing .] To taint with mildew.
He... mildews the white wheat. Shak.
Mildew <Xpage=923>
Mil"dew , v. i. To become tainted with mildew.
Mildly <Xpage=923>
Mild"ly (?) , adv. In a mild manner.
Mildness <Xpage=923>
Mild"ness , n. The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter.
Mile <Xpage=923>
Mile (?) , n. [AS. m\'c6l , fr. L. millia , milia ; pl. of mille a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. Mill the tenth of a cent, Million .] A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
&hand; The distance called a mile varies greatly in different countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182; in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary, 9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552; in the Netherlands, 1,094.
Geographical , ∨ Nautical mile , one sixtieth of a degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet. -- Mile run . Same as Train mile . See under Train . -- Roman mile , a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English measure. -- Statute mile , a mile conforming to statute, that is, in England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as distinguished from any other mile.
Mileage <Xpage=923>
Mile"age (?; 48) , n. 1. An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.
2. Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company, etc. [Written also milage .]
Constructive mileage , a mileage allowed for journeys supposed to be made, but not actually made.
Bartlett.
Milepost <Xpage=923>
Mile"post` (?) , n. A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.
Milesian <Xpage=923>
Mi*le"sian (?) , a. [L. Milesius , Gr. <?/.]
1. (Anc. Geog.) Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants.
2. (Irish Legendary Hist.) Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b . c .; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish.
Milesian <Xpage=923>
Mi*le"sian , n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Miletus.
2. A native or inhabitant of Ireland.
Milestone <Xpage=923>
Mile"stone` (?) , n. A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.
Milfoil <Xpage=923>
Mil"foil (?) , n. [F. mille-feuille , L. millefolium ; mille thousand + folium leaf. See Foil a leaf.] (Bot.) A common composite herb ( Achillea Millefolium ) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow.
Water milfoil (Bot.) , an aquatic herb with dissected leaves ( Myriophyllum ).
Miliaria <Xpage=923>
Mil`i*a"ri*a (?) , n. [NL. See Miliary .] (Med.) A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.
Miliary <Xpage=923>
Mil"ia*ry (?; 277) , a. [L. miliarius , fr. milium millet: cf. F. miliaire .]
1. Like millet seeds; as, a miliary eruption .
2. (Med.) Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as, a miliary fever .
3. (Zo\'94l.) Small and numerous; as, the miliary tubercles of Echini .
Miliary <Xpage=923>
Mil"ia*ry , n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the small tubercles of Echini.
Milice <Xpage=923>
Mi`lice" (?) , n. [F.] Militia. [Obs.]
Miliola <Xpage=923>
Mil"i*o`la (?) , n. [NL., dim. of L. milium millet. So named from its resemblance to millet seed.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with several longitudinal chambers.
Miliolite <Xpage=923>
Mil"i*o*lite (?) , n. (Paleon.) A fossil shell of, or similar to, the genus Miliola.
Miliolite <Xpage=923>
Mil"i*o*lite , a. The same Milliolitic .
Miliolite limestone (Geol.) , a building stone, one of the group of the Paris basin, almost entirely made up of many-chambered microscopic shells.
Miliolitic <Xpage=923>
Mil`i*o*lit"ic (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the genus Miliola; containing miliolites.
Militancy <Xpage=923>
Mil"i*tan*cy (?) , n. [See Militant .]
1. The state of being militant; warfare.
2. A military spirit or system; militarism.
H. Spencer.
Militant <Xpage=923>
Mil"i*tant (?) , a. [L. militans , -antis , p. pr. of militare to be soldier: cf. F. militant . See Militate .] Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier. -- Mil"i*tant*ly , adv.
At which command the powers militant ... Moved on in silence. Milton.
Church militant , the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, and is thus distinguished from the church triumphant , in heaven.
Militar <Xpage=923>
Mil"i*tar (?) , a. Military. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Militarily <Xpage=923>
Mil"i*ta*ri*ly (?) , adv. In a military manner.
Militarism <Xpage=923>
Mil"i*ta*rism (?) , n. [Cf. F. militarisme .]
1. A military state or condition; reliance on military force in administering government; a military system.
2. The spirit and traditions of military life.
H. Spencer.
Militarist <Xpage=923>
Mil"i*ta*rist (?) , n. A military man. [Obs.]
Shak.
Military <Xpage=923>
Mil"i*ta*ry (?) , a. [L. militaris , militarius , from miles , militis , soldier: cf. F. militaire .]
1. Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown.
Nor do I, as an enemy to peace, Troop in the throngs of military men. Shak.
2. Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a military expedition.
Bacon.
Military law . See Martial law , under Martial . -- Military order . (a) A command proceeding from a military superior. (b) An association of military persons under a bond of certain peculiar rules; especially, such an association of knights in the Middle Ages, or a body in modern times taking a similar form, membership of which confers some distinction. -- Military tenure , tenure of land, on condition of performing military service.
Military <Xpage=923>
Mil"i*ta*ry , n. [Cf. F. militaire .] The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army.
Militate <Xpage=923>
Mil"i*tate (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Militated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Militating (?) .] [L. militare , militatum , to be a soldier, fr. miles , militis , soldier.] To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by against and with .
These are great questions, where great names militate against each other. Burke.
The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on the side of the pious emperor. Gibbon.
Militia <Xpage=923>
Mi*li"tia (?) , n. [L., military service, soldiery, fr. miles , militis , soldier: cf. F. milice .]
1. In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies.
The king's captains and soldiers fight his battles, and yet... the power of the militia is he. Jer. Taylor.
2. Military service; warfare. [Obs.]
Baxter.
Militiaman <Xpage=923>
Mi*li"tia*man (?) , n. ; pl. Militiamen (<?/) . One who belongs to the militia.
Militiate <Xpage=923>
Mi*li"ti*ate (?) , v. i. To carry on, or prepare for, war. [Obs.]
Walpole.
Milk <Xpage=923>
Milk (?) , n. [AS. meoluc , meoloc , meolc , milc ; akin to OFries. meloc , D. melk , G. milch , OHG. miluh , Icel. mj<?/ok , Sw. mj\'94lk , Dan. melk , Goth. miluks , G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan , Lith. milszti , L. mulgere , Gr. <?/. <?/<?/<?/<?/. Cf. Milch , Emulsion , Milt soft roe of fishes.]
1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts. "White as morne milk ."
Chaucer.
2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See Latex .
3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water .
4. (Zo\'94l.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
Condensed milk . See under Condense , v. t. -- Milk crust (Med.) , vesicular eczema occurring on the face and scalp of nursing infants. See Eczema . -- Milk fever . (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation . It is usually transitory. (b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle; also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after calving. -- Milk glass , glass having a milky appearance. -- Milk knot (Med.) , a hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands. -- Milk leg (Med.) , a swollen condition of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular tissue. -- Milk meats , food made from milk, as butter and cheese. [Obs.] Bailey . -- Milk mirror . Same as Escutcheon , 2. -- Milk molar (Anat.) , one of the deciduous molar teeth which are shed and replaced by the premolars. -- Milk of lime (Chem.) , a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate, produced by macerating quicklime in water. -- Milk parsley (Bot.) , an umbelliferous plant ( Peucedanum palustre ) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice. -- Milk pea (Bot.) , a genus ( Galactia ) of leguminous and, usually, twining plants. -- Milk sickness (Med.) , a peculiar malignant disease, occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water. -- Milk snake (Zo\'94l.) , a harmless American snake ( Ophibolus triangulus , or O. eximius ). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also milk adder , chicken snake , house snake , etc. -- Milk sugar . (Physiol. Chem.) See Lactose , and Sugar of milk (below). -- Milk thistle (Bot.) , an esculent European thistle ( Silybum marianum ), having the veins of its leaves of a milky whiteness. -- Milk thrush . (Med.) See Thrush . -- Milk tooth (Anat.) , one of the temporary first set of teeth in young mammals; in man there are twenty. -- Milk tree (Bot.) , a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow tree of South America ( Brosimum Galactodendron ), and the Euphorbia balsamifera of the Canaries, the milk of both of which is wholesome food. -- Milk vessel (Bot.) , a special cell in the inner bark of a plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is contained. See Latex . -- Rock milk . See Agaric mineral , under Agaric . -- Sugar of milk . The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an article of diet. See Lactose .
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Milk <Xpage=924>
Milk (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Milked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Milking .]
1. To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of. " Milking the kine."
Gay.
I have given suck, and know How tender 't is to love the babe that milks me. Shak.
2. To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows .
3. To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder.
Tyndale.
They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock. London Spectator.
To milk the street , to squeeze the smaller operators in stocks and extract a profit from them, by alternately raising and depressing prices within a short range; -- said of the large dealers. [Cant] -- To milk a telegram , to use for one's own advantage the contents of a telegram belonging to another person. [Cant]
Milk <Xpage=924>
Milk , v. i. To draw or to yield milk.
Milken <Xpage=924>
Milk"en (?) , a. Consisting of milk. [Obs.]
Milker <Xpage=924>
Milk"er (?) , n. 1. One who milks; also, a mechanical apparatus for milking cows.
2. A cow or other animal that gives milk.
Milkful <Xpage=924>
Milk"ful (?) , a. Full of milk; abounding with food. [R.] " Milkful vales."
Sylvester.
Milkily <Xpage=924>
Milk"i*ly (?) , adv. In a milky manner.
Milkiness <Xpage=924>
Milk"i*ness , n. State or quality of being milky.
Milk-livered <Xpage=924>
Milk"-liv`ered (?) , a. White-livered; cowardly; timorous.
Milkmaid <Xpage=924>
Milk"maid` (?) , n. A woman who milks cows or is employed in the dairy.
Milkman <Xpage=924>
Milk"man (?) , n. ; pl. Milkmen (<?/) . A man who sells milk or delivers is to customers.
Milksop <Xpage=924>
Milk"sop` (?) , n. A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person.
Shak.
To wed a milksop or a coward ape. Chaucer.
Milk vetch <Xpage=924>
Milk" vetch` (?) . (Bot.) A leguminous herb ( Astragalus glycyphyllos ) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
&hand; The name is sometimes taken for the whole genus Astragalus , of which there are about two hundred species in North America, and even more elsewhere.
Milkweed <Xpage=924>
Milk"weed` (?) , n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates , abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge.
Milkwort <Xpage=924>